HC Deb 17 March 1993 vol 221 c255W
Sir John Hunt

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the adoption of a joint European position towards the American programme for global protection against limited strikes.

Mr. Garel-Jones

The new United States administration will wish to consult European allies on ballistic missile defences. NATO provides the natural forum for such discussion. The WEU may also have a role to play in defining European ballistic missile defence interests.